sri lanka's former president, gotabaya rajapaksa, returns to the island after fleeing abroad in the facee anti—government protests. and spectators gather in rwanda for its annual gorilla naming ceremony. hello, and welcome. it's good to have your company. the russian energy giant gazprom says it has scrapped plans to reopen a key gas pipeline to europe. the company claims it can't restart nordstream one because of an oil leak in a turbine, and that it will remain closed for an indefinite period. that will have implications for europe's energy supply this winter. the pipeline has already been completely shut for three days. moscow denies weaponising energy supplies in retaliation for western sanctions. but that's not how the move has been seen in european capitals, the president of the european council took to twitter to express his disapointment. charles michel said... before going on to say... the bbc�*s economics editor faisal islam explained more about what russian gas giant gasprom has been saying. let me show you a map of the let me show you a map of the pipeline, and you will see i

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ukrainian commanders are in turkey under with the personal guarantees of the president of turkey, rajapaksa, and her superior for the return of 25 ukrainians and ten foreigners, ukraine handed over 55 prisoners of war and one traitor to russia putin, viktor medvedchuk, there are queues at the borders where they are still allowed in russia. after the announcement of mobilization , people fearing to join the army decided to flee the country. thank you, they managed to leave. they do not want to hide for the war. protestors were traditionally beaten and detained in car parks, even those who support the kremlin regime were caught we are not fools we are not devils we will go all out and defend russia in videos are appearing on social networks of opponents of mobilization arguing with employees of the military committee of russia, winter clothes, another part of russians decided to leave their native land as soon as possible. to get to georgia, the entire game took 12 hours, i don’t know, it seems to me that the russian border guards were somehow slow to pass through somehow it was possible to d

a sri lankan official says the former president gotabaya rajapaksa, who fled abroad after mass protestsans blame his government for the island's economic crisis. nasa is preparing the second launch of its most powerful rocket in 50 years. technical problems and bad weather thwarted the artemis—1 moon mission lift—off on monday and engineers have spent the week reviewing data to find out what went wrong. hopes are high that saturday's take—off will be trouble free and the 37—day mission to the moon can get under way. in south america, thousands of people, including politicians, cultural figures and human rights advocates, have rallied in the centre of buenos aires in support of argentina's vice president, cristina fernandez de kirchner, following thursday's attempt on her life. she escaped unharmed when a gun pointed at her failed to go off. the gunman, who's been named as fernando andres sabag montiel, was arrested close to the scene. our south america correspondent katy watson reports. this is the moment the gunman pointed a weapon just inches from the vice president's head. the trigge

a sri lankan official says the former president gotabaya rajapaksa, who fled abroad after mass protestsisland's economic crisis. the mayor ofjackson, in the us state of mississippi, has warned the city's 180,000 residents that increasing water pressure could rupture pipes. much of the city remains without clean tap water four days after flooding at a local treatment plant on monday resulted in a drop in pressure and a serious deterioration in water quality. nasa is preparing the second launch of its most powerful rocket in 50 years. technical problems and bad weather thwarted the artemis—one—moon—mission lift off on monday and engineers have spent the week reviewing data to find out what went wrong. hopes are high that saturday's take—off will be trouble free and the 37—day mission to the moon can get under way. a swimming cap designed for athletes with black, or afro hair, has been approved for use in top level competitions. the specialised covering, which is designed for thick, curly hair and styles such as dreadlocks, weaves and braids — was banned from last year's olympics. swimming

a sri lankan official says the former president, gotabaya rajapaksa, who fled abroad after mass protestss. nasa is preparing the second launch of its most powerful rocket in 50 years. technical problems and bad weather thwarted the artemis 1 moon mission lift—off on monday and engineers have spent the week reviewing data to find out what went wrong. hopes are high that saturday's take—off will be trouble—free and the 37—day mission to the moon can get under way. speaking of reaching for the stars... the handwritten lyrics to david bowie's starman are going up for auction later this month. the track was initially released in 1972 and was a part of the hit album the rise and fall of ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars. let's have a quick reminder of the song. # there's a starman waiting in the sky... he knows it is all worthwhile. earlier, i spoke tojem aswad, the deputy music editor at variety, and also a david bowie fan. i asked him why the lyrics to starman are so important. this is a song that really made him into a superstar, particularly in britain. if you read any number of bow

let's get some of the day's other news: a sri lankan official says the former president gotabaya rajapaksaer mass protests injuly, has returned to colombo. sri lankans blame his government for the island's economic crisis. the actress jane fonda has revealed she has been diagnosed with cancer and is having chemotherapy. the 84—year—old said she had a very treatable form of lymphoma, and would not let the illness interfere with her climate activism. the academy award winner has worked in films and television for more than six decades. nasa is preparing the second launch of its most powerful rocket in 50 years. technical problems and bad weather thwarted the artemis1 mission lift off on monday and engineers have spent the week reviewing data to find out what went wrong. hopes are high that saturday's takeoff will be trouble free and the 37—day mission to the moon can get under way. thousands of people, including politicians, cultural figures and human rights advocates, have rallied in the centre of buenos aires in support of argentina's vice president. cristina fernandez de kirchner escaped

sri lanka's former president gotabaya rajapaksa has return to colombo after fleeing abroad after massd's worst economic crisis in its history. our salvation editor told me that the return was unexpected. it is indeed very _ the return was unexpected. it 3 indeed very surprising. just a few days ago there were dramatic scenes in colombo at the official residence of the president. i was outside the house where hundreds of people streamed into the building following that he fled the country, first he went to the maldives, and into singapore where he stayed for four weeks. from there, he sent in his resignation and then because his visa expired, he went to thailand. many countries where reluctant to accept and because of what was going on in sri lanka. so short while ago, he came back, his visit was postponed. his return was postponed twice because of strong opposition. now he's come back from a separate sri lanka ministers are at the airport guarding him and welcoming him. now he is back in the country 50 days after he was forced to flee from colombo. i 50 days after he was forced to fle